Where does Anaren, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Anaren, Inc. ranks #17,437 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Anaren, Inc. hold?

Anaren, Inc. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Anaren, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Anaren, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.5 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Anaren, Inc. focus on?

Anaren, Inc.'s top technology area is H01P (WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type) with 12 patents, ranking #45 of 507 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Anaren, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Anaren, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -86% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Anaren, Inc.'s patents?

Anaren, Inc.'s patents average 24.1 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the Anaren, Inc. patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Anaren, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: H01P (WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Anaren ranks #17,437 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 14 technology areas.

#17,437
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.5/100): 24.1
avg claims per patent: -86%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17437 · US Corporation #17,437 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,437/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Amenity Health
CPC-FOCUS H01P · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -86% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Amenity Health, Inc. (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How Anaren’s 37.5 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 9.8 pts (26%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.2 pts (35%) Claim depth 14.4 pts (39%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Anaren · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Anaren's Innovation Score is 37.5/100 (top 44% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Anaren?

Each dot is one of Anaren’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Anaren’s own 24.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Anaren vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Anaren's grants concentrate

Anaren, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 75% of grants classified under H01P (WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Anaren sits between Amenity Health, Inc. and Apicore US LLC.

Amenity Health

16
American Leather…

16
Ammeraal Beltech…

16
Amunix Operating

16
Andon Health

16
Angiomed & Medizi…

16
Angion Biomedica

16
Apicore US

16
Anaren ◀

16

What this shows Anaren holds 16 patents at rank #17,453, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Anaren

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,453 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01P (Waveguides)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Anaren's primary technology class.

Anaren's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

37 Top 44% higher than 56% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Anaren, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	37.5%
2016	4	25.0%
2017	2	12.5%
2018	1	6.3%
2019	1	6.3%
2020	2	12.5%

Which technologies does Anaren, Inc. patent most?

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 12

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 6

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 5

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 3

H03F - Amplifiers 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 1

H03K - Pulse Technique 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

H01C - Resistors 1

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

Top 14 of 14 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Anaren, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Anaren, Inc.'s lead technology class is H01P (WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type), 75% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01P
Ranked #17,437 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Anaren, Inc. against Amenity Health, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.5/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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